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...kids up at 9 o'clock and tells them to come over and doesn't let them out until 3 in the morning. When this one particular kid got home, his mother asked. 'What in the world happened?' and the kid replied. 'I can't tell you. I am sworn to secrecy...
...architect Capability Brown. "Maze King" Bright, as he is known in Britain, will embellish Longleat with a lakefront, three-dimensional maze of yew hedges and no fewer than six covered bridges. The maze, when completed in several years, will be open to the public, but its secret, Bright has sworn, will be known only to himself and the Lord of Longleat...
When Donald Crichton Alexander was sworn in as Internal Revenue Commissioner in mid-1973, he inherited an agency that was rapidly dropping in public prestige. Watergate-related revelations of attempted political misuse of the IRS were eroding the awed deference that Americans have traditionally felt toward their revenue-collection agency, inspiring Government fears of a binge of cheating by suddenly cynical taxpayers. Alexander acknowledged that maintaining public confidence in the agency was his "No. 1" task...
With brisk dispatch, Portugal's leftist-dominated Revolutionary Council moved last week to consolidate its powers. In the aftermath of the previous week's right-wing coup attempt, the all-military 24-member council appeared on television for the first time before being sworn in at ceremonies in the president's office at Belém Palace...
...enough and diverse enough so that the problem is outweighed by the benefits. But occasionally I feel as must the underworld henchman who "knows too much." Friends and family will guard their conversation because I have friends "on the other side." I'm getting tired of being sworn to secrecy...